Wheat Diseases and Pests - Wheat Doctor - CIMMYT
Wheat Diseases and Pests - Wheat Doctor - CIMMYT
Wheat Diseases and Pests - Wheat Doctor - CIMMYT
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Slugs, Snails, Grasshoppers,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Crickets (various species)<br />
Symptoms: Slugs <strong>and</strong> snails (80) can feed on the<br />
endosperm of germinating seed, bite seedlings off<br />
at ground level, <strong>and</strong> graze older plants, chewing<br />
longitudinal stripes on the leaves (81). This gives<br />
the adult plant a frayed appearance. Grasshoppers<br />
(82) <strong>and</strong> crickets cause damage that is very<br />
similar to that caused by cutworms <strong>and</strong><br />
armyworms.<br />
HostslDistribution: All these insects will attack a<br />
large range of plant species, including the cereals.<br />
Distribution is worldwide.<br />
Importance: These insects usually are localized in<br />
their distribution, but can cause a great deal of<br />
damage to individual st<strong>and</strong>s of wheat.
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